On the 24th of February 2022, Russia launched a military offensive into Ukraine, causing civilian casualties and destroying the country’s infrastructure. More than a quarter of the population has been forced to flee their homes. In the first few weeks, more than 4.3 million refugees fled Ukraine, and a second as many were internally displaced. It is the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II.
We cannot be indifferent to the suffering of our neighbours – we immediately set out to help!
20.12.2022
Immediately after the explosion of a Russian missile in Wyszogród, we were at the scene with assistance. The missile was probably intended to destroy an electrical distribution station or a thermal power station. It destroyed the lives of dozens of families. Officially, 7 people died.
Tonight I was woken up again by the sound of the siren from the app still running in the background. Ukrainians must have gone down to the shelters. But this isn’t just the new normal. It’s not a routine you can get used to.
After each attack, to surface is to return to an increasingly difficult reality. One in which heat, water, light, the ability to contact loved ones and access to information about what to do next all start to disappear. We do not need to go down to the shelter. We do, however, need to keep helping Ukrainians to come out of it. This is what our humanity is about. Not being indifferent to the fact that someone is cold, someone is freezing and someone has nothing to eat. After all, Christmas is also about not being indifferent.
Let us not be indifferent! The Warm Package for Ukraine is a very tangible form of aid. A warm blanket, a sleeping bag, a cooker, a paraffin lamp, a high-energy meal. Join us! Let’s not be indifferent.
Mateusz Gasiński
19.04.2023
One, two, three, four, five… The preschoolers and school children count aloud to one hundred. Two minutes. That’s how long the pauses between artillery fire lasted. The bodies of people who did not know when to flee lay in the streets. Mariupol was full of bomb craters, piles of rubble and soot-blackened ruins. Life had […]
14.04.2023
Krysia thought she knew what war was. Shots had been heard in Donetsk since 2014. Everyone, however, had become accustomed to the exchange of fire. Over time, the gunshots became one of the background sounds of daily life. On the 24th of February 2022, Krysia realised that she still knew nothing about war. “It was […]
13.04.2023
“I lived in the basement for six months,” says Sergei. A tired, wrinkle-ridden face, the sluggish movements of an elderly gentleman and the piercing pain in his battered left leg that reminds him of itself with every movement. The resident of Bakhmut is invigorated by the sight of the camera. He stares into the lens […]
